Burma-Myanmar: Kachin Independence Army (KIA) that once trained Indian militants has ambushed military bases in Myanmar
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA), one of the most powerful ethnic rebel groups in Myanmar, has launched a series of attacks on military bases, amid the nationwide protests or civil disobedience against the military regime.
The KIA, which had trained several batches of India’s Northeast militants in the 1980s-90s, also established links with the Indian intelligence agency, RAW, in the past.
The latest incident was reported from a military base in Mogaung township on March 12 morning. The army then carried out a helicopter raid and launched a counter-assault on one of the KIA’s battalion headquarters, according to the local media.
A day earlier, Kachin Independence Army had attacked a military outpost in Selzin village in Hpakant Township, Kachin State. Both these places are located southwest of Kachin’s capital Myitkyina.